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Freddie Heather
I am currently a PhD student at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Hobart, AU. My PhD is looking at macroecological patterns of the relationship between animal body size and abundance in reef ecosystems.
Education
PhD. Candidate, Quantitative Marine Science
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania
Hobart, AUS
Current - 2017
- Thesis: Human impacts on reef size spectra
MBiolSci, Biological Sciences with a Year Abroad (University of Western Australia)
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
2014 - 2010
- Publication: Heather et al. (2018) Using an integral projection model to assess the effect of temperature on the growth of gilthead seabream Sparus aurata
- 1st Class with Honours
A-levels
Woking College
Surrey, UK
2010 - 2008
- Biology (A), Mathematics (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A)
Industry Experience
Software engineer (ShinyR)
The Nature Research Centre (Lithuania)
Remote
Current - 2020
- Development of four ShinyR apps for fish stock assessment
Data scientist
The Nature Research Centre (Lithuania)
Remote
Current - 2019
- Database management (Coversion of an Access database to .csv and R)
Statistical Analysis
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)
Hobart, AUS
2017 - 2017
- Statisitcal analysis of the environmental impact of salmon farming
Research Experience
Research Assistant
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
2017 - 2017
- Parameterisation of a Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model
Research Technician
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
2017 - 2016
- Database management (Coversion of an Access database to .csv and R)
Research Technician
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
2017 - 2016
- Data input
Research Assistant
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
2016 - 2015
- Video analysis of fish behaviour
Teaching Experience
I am passionate about teaching, and have taken on multiple undergraduate teaching roles throughout my PhD.
Teaching Assistant
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania
Hobart, AUS
Current - 2019
- Marine resource management and conservation
Teaching Assistant
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania
Hobart, AUS
2019 - 2018
- Quantitative Methods in Biology
Academic Tutor
Riawunna Centre for Aboriginal Education
Hobart, AUS
2019 - 2018
- Programming fundamentals
- Data handling and statistics
Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks
Globally consistent reef size spectra integrating fishes and invertebrates
Accepted: Ecology Letters
N/A
2020
Taxonomic composition of mobile epifaunal invertebrate assemblages on diverse benthic microhabitats from temperate to tropical reefs
Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS)
N/A
2020